The US president-elect’s threat to Brics and regressive climate change stance risk stoking tension
Global financial reforms, action to mitigate and adapt to climate change, a just energy transition and ensuring food security should be central to its work
The world’s lines of division have skewed during the past two summits
It is imperative that social movements inside both blocs navigate their agenda
Eskom changed its rules, giving preference to projects that are ‘shovel-ready’ and would get new power on the grid quickly
A bigger alliance will give the group extra economic heft, but it remains to be seen whether its members can speak in one voice
The Reserve Bank has warned that sanctions will be ‘catastrophic’ to the economy, which is currently vulnerable to geopolitical shocks
The United States is crafting a new foreign policy that keeps the economic superpower at its centre
No buffalo on the menu at South Africa/Namibia gala dinner
The architecture of the global financial system hurts emerging market economies but the alliance has yet to offer an alternative
South Africa and Senegal, as AU chair, are attending the important summit of the leaders of the big industrialised nations
Wealthier countries need to give emerging economies three resources: time to adapt, financial support and policy assistance
Fatih Birol, the IEA’s executive director, says wealthy countries have a ‘moral responsibility’ to enable a just transition
One country pays for greenhouse gas emissions in another country and uses that credit for its own emission reduction targets — but accounting irregularities increased carbon emissions
Johnson & Johnson plans to replace our two-million unusable vaccines by July. The vaccines are unsuitable for use and must be destroyed, while the country’s vaccination programme is behind schedule
The ongoing three-week talks ahead of COP26 are proving tricky in a world of virtual climate diplomacy
Countries with the biggest industrialised economies could see an average loss of 8.5% of economic value by 2050, according to an Oxfam analysis
The stage has been set for one of the most anticipated climate conferences to address global warming – and targets for the biggest emitters
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that South Africa could count on him to fix the inequalities associated with combating the virus
Addressing the Covid-19 health and economic crisis requires international relations based on cooperation, the rule of law, collective action and shared principles